Hydrocarbon-burner.



QN/bwwow- A P ATENTED MAY 3o, 1905.

P. J. OWENS.

HYDROG-ARBN BURNER.

APPLIUATION FILED Nov. 3.190;I

ive. 791,205.

Patented. May 30, 1905 PATENT OFFICE.

PETER` J. OWENS, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

HYDRoCARBoN-BURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent NO. 791,205, dated. May 30, 1905.

' .Application filed November 3, 1904. Serial No. 231,186.

proved burner for the formation of a mixed vaporous gas by the combining'of either crude,

reiined, light, or heavy oils with steam or air in orderthat the same may be burned within a furnace for heating purposes.

The object sought to be accomplished is the perfect combustion of the fuel; hence the greatest quantity of heat, which object is attained by the intermixing of jets of steam or air with jets of oil within a gas forming or mixing chamber, so that the combined mixture is converted into a fuel-gas well back of the outlet-orifice of the burner-tip in order that the escape from the gas forming or mixing chamber will be that of a perf ectly-formed gas. f

To comprehend the invention, reference 'should be had to the accompanying sheet of drawings, wherein- Figure 1 lis a longitudinal sectional view of the burner in side elevation, disclosing the construction and arrangement of the various parts. Fig. 2 is atop plan View of the burner. Fig. 3 is a rear end view thereof in elevation. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the perforated -disk or diaphragm through which the steam and oil passes or fiows into the gas forming or mixing chamber, and Fig. 5 is an edge View of the said perforated disk or diaphragm.

In the drawings the numeral 1 is used to feed-union, which union is formed with a steam passage-way 2, and an oil passage-way 3, said passage-ways being separated by the partition-wall 4. With the passage-way 2 communicates the steam-pipe 5, and with the passage-way 3 communicates the oil -feed pipe 6. Y

In advance of the feed-union 1 isarrangedv or'located the shell 7, to the outer end of which is attached the slotted burner-tip 8. The interior of the shell 7 constitutes amixing or gas-forming chamber 9, ywithin which the oil and steam, or air commiugles as delivered from the feed-union 1. The shell 7 is secured to the feed-union 1 by means of the couplingring 9, there being interposed between the outer end of the union and the inner end of the shell the disk or diaphragm 10. This disk is provided with a transverse rib 11 on one face thereof, against which rib abuts the end of the partition-wall 4; of the'feed-union.

The steam iowing through the passage-way 2 from the pipe 5 enters the chamber9 in a series of distinct jets, the solid stream being broken by passing through a series of perforations 12, formed in the upper half of the disk or diaphragm 10 or above the rib 11, while the oil is admitted into the chamber 9 from the oil passage-way 3 through a series of smaller perforations 13, formed in the lower half of the disk or diaphragm 10 or below the rib 11. It will be understood that the sizes of the perforations 12 and 13 are so proportioned that only the vrequisite quantity of oil and steam. for proper combustion enters int said chamber 9'. Y By discharging the oil and steam into the chamber 9 in the form of spray or minute jetstreams the same quickly commingles and vaporizes into a 'gasat a point adjacent the disk or diaphragm 10, so that the discharge from the said chamber is fixed gas. Hence approximately perfect combustion' takes place at the moment of ignition. This results in economy of the oil fuel, inasmuch as there is no loss by reason of non-combustion, besides preventing the disagreeable suction noise which is generally present in the use of burn- -ers of this character. designate what shall hereinafter be termed av The admission of the oil and the steam into the mixing or gas chamber in the form of series of distinct jets of oil and steam and the commingling of such jets and the conversion of the commingled atoms into a gas atapointy "way 3 of dirt and sediment,.which tends to foul the same and clog the outlet-perforations IOO which screws therein.

13 for the escape of the oil, there is a bore 14 in the rear portion of the feed-union, Fig. 1 of the drawings, which communicates with the said oil passage-way. This bore or cleaning passage-way 14 is closed by a plug 15,

To clean the oil passageway,tlie plug 15 is removed,when a cleaning-tool may be inserted within said passageway through the bore 14, or a steam-pipe may be connected to the screw-threaded end of the bore, so as to permit of a jet of steam being admitted under pressure into the oil passageway for the cleaning thereof.

It will be readily noted that there are no complicated parts to get out of order in the described burner, nor are the parts utilized of an expensive character. In fact, the parts are mainly of stock material, and Jfor such reason the burner is an exceedingly inexpensive one of manufacture. Inasmuch as the parts of the burner may be easily and quickly separated, it only being required todiseonnect the coupling-ring 9, repairs thereto may be readily made and at but little loss of time and expense. y

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be protected i by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a hydrocarbon-burner, the combination with the feed-union having an oil passageway and a steam passage-way formed therein, said passage-ways being separated by a partition-wall, of a mixing or gas-forming chamber communicating with the passage-ways of the feed-union, a coupling for uniting the to the feed-union, and a disk or diaphragm interposed between the feed-union and the mixing or gas-forming chamber, said disk or diaphragm abutting said partition-wall and being provided with a series of perforations above and below the separating partition-wall of the feed-union, through which perforations the oil and steam enters the mixing or gasforming chamber.

2. In a hydrocarbon-burner, the combination with a feed-union, of steam and oil passage-ways formed therein and having alined outlets, a longitudinally-extended partition separating said passages a mixing or gas-form-l ing chamber in advance of the feed-union, and a disk or diaphragm interposed between the said passage-ways and the chamber, said disk or diaphragm abutting said partition and being provided with a series of perforations for admitting of oil and steam into the mixing-chamber in distinctjets` and an outlet-tip connected to the shell of the mixing-chamber, said tip being located a distance beyond the perforated disk or diaphragm.

3. In a hydrocarbon-burner, the combination with a feed-union composed of oppositclydisposed oil and steam passage-ways separated by a longitudinally-extending portion, all of said parts being separable, a relatively extended mixing-tube communicating with the respective passages of the feed-union, a disk separating the feed-union from said tube and abutting against said partition, said disk having a series oi' openings above and below the partition; and a coupling member for connecting the two sections of the feed-union together and to said mixing-tube.

4. In a hydrocarbon-burner, the combination with a feed-union comprising oppositclydisposed oil and steam passage-ways separated by a longitudinally-extended partition, of a connected mixing-tube and burner and a transversely-arranged disk separating said passages from the mixing-tube, said disk having a central rib abutting said longitudinally-extended partition, and a plurality of apertures above and below the rib.

5. In a hydrocarbon-burner, the combination with a feed-union comprising oppositel yshell of the mixing or gas-forming chamber l disposed oil and steam passage-ways separated.

by a longitudinally-extended partition, o1 a connected mixing-tu be and burner and a transversely-arranged disk separating said passages from the mixing-tube, said disk having a plurality of apertures adjacent the oil-outlet and a plurality of relatively large apertures adjacent the steam-outlet.

l Irl witness whereof I have hereunto set my ian PETER J. OWENS.

Witnesses N. A. Acknn, D. B. RICHARDs. 

